Music by Cavelight

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Music by Cavelight
Music by Cavelight cover
Studio album by Blockhead
Released March 23, 2004
Genre Instrumental hip-hop, Electronica, Trip-hop
Length 51:07 (UK)
Label Ninja Tune
Producer Blockhead
Professional reviews
Blockhead chronology
Music by Cavelight
(2004)		 Downtown Science
(2005)

Music by Cavelight is the debut album by hip-hop producer Blockhead, released on the Ninja Tune label on March 23, 2004 (see 2004 in music).

The album is completely instrumental save for sampled fragments of speech. Scratches are provided by Omega One, guitar and bass by Damien Paris of Brooklyn-based band The Giraffes and violin by Baby Dayliner.

The album was released in different versions in North America and the UK, with the track listings rearranged and featuring some different tracks. A further version, limited to 1,000 copies, came with a QuickTime video for "Insomniac Olympics" directed by Sam Arthur, and a bonus disc consisting of Blockhead-produced instrumentals of tracks from Aesop Rock's Daylight and Bazooka Tooth. The tracks "Insomniac Olympics", "Sunday Seance" and "Jet Son" were released as singles.

[edit] Overview

Music by Cavelight came about when independent label Mush Records, for whom Blockhead had already produced a breakbeat album for DJs, asked him to produce a wholly instrumental record,[1] in contrast to his usual work producing tracks for rappers (notably Aesop Rock, whose Mush album Float he had also produced). After Mush stopped returning his phone calls, he and his manager sent the album around other labels before Ninja Tune, having received a copy through fellow electronic label Warp, offered to release it.[2]

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK version

  1. "Insomniac Olympics" (T. Simon) – 5:06
  2. "Carnivores Unite" (T. Simon) – 4:46
  3. "You've Got Maelstrom" (T. Simon) – 4:47
    • Scratches: Omega One
  4. "Sunday Seance" (T. Simon) – 5:26
  5. "A Better Place" (T. Simon) – 4:26
    • Guitar: Damien Paris
  6. "Road Rage Breakdown" (T. Simon) – 4:15
  7. "Triptych Pt. 1" (T. Simon) – 4:03
  8. "Triptych Pt. 2" (T. Simon) – 3:04
  9. "Triptych Pt. 3" (T. Simon/D. Paris) – 2:54
    • Bass: Damien Paris
  10. "Jet Son" (T. Simon) – 3:48
    • Guitar: Damien Paris
    • Scratches: Omega One
  11. "Breathe and Start" (T. Simon) – 4:22
  12. "Music By Cavelight" (T. Simon) – 4:10

[edit] North American version

  1. "Intro: Hello Popartz" (T. Simon) – 2:24
    • Scratches by Omega One
  2. "You've Got Maelstrom" (T. Simon) – 4:47
    • Scratches: Omega One
  3. "Carnivores Unite" (T. Simon) – 4:46
    • Guitar: Damien Paris
    • Scratches: Omega One
  4. "Sunday Seance" (T. Simon) – 5:26
  5. "A Better Place" (T. Simon) – 4:26
    • Guitar: Damien Paris
  6. "Road Rage Breakdown" (T. Simon) – 4:15
  7. "Triptych Pt. 1 & 2" (T. Simon) – 7:07
  8. "Triptych Pt. 3" (T. Simon/D. Paris) – 2:54
    • Bass: Damien Paris
  9. "Jet Son" (T. Simon) – 3:48
    • Guitar: Damien Paris
    • Scratches: Omega One
  10. "Music By Cavelight" (T. Simon) – 4:10
  11. "Breathe And Start" (T. Simon) – 4:22
    • Violin: Baby Dayliner
    • Scratches: Omega One
  12. "Bullfight In Ireland" (T. Simon) – 4:46
    • Guitar: Damien Paris
  13. "Insomniac Olympics" (T. Simon) – 5:06
  14. "Insomniac Olympics" (QuickTime video) (limited edition version only)

[edit] Bonus disc (limited edition version)

  1. "Forest Crunk" (T. Simon) – 4:28
  2. "Daylight" (T. Simon) – 2:15
    • Originally appeared on Daylight by Aesop Rock
  3. "Night Light" (T. Simon) – 4:20
    • Originally appeared on Daylight by Aesop Rock
  4. "Maintenance" (T. Simon) – 4:29
    • Originally appeared on Daylight by Aesop Rock
  5. " – 11:35" (T. Simon) – 4:40
  6. "Babies with Guns" (T. Simon)
    • Listed on the sleeve through a pressing plant error, this instrumental version of a track from Aesop Rock's Bazooka Tooth does not actually feature on the disc.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Blockhead: Music by Cavelight
  2. ^ Blockhead: Feeling his way